German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union

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The German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union was the period during World War II when Nazi Germany seized and controlled vast Soviet territories, marked by brutal military rule, mass atrocities, and significant resistance from Soviet partisans.

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Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi war crime context ⓘ
event of World War II ⓘ
military occupation ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction Soviet Union ⓘ
basedOn Generalplan Ost ⓘ
Nazi racial ideology ⓘ
characterizedBy anti-partisan reprisals ⓘ
brutal military rule ⓘ
destruction of cultural heritage ⓘ
economic exploitation ⓘ
ethnic cleansing ⓘ
genocidal policies ⓘ
mass shootings ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
endTime 1944 ⓘ
1945 ⓘ
followedBy Soviet reoccupation of Eastern Europe ⓘ
hasEffect Holocaust in the Soviet Union ⓘ
destruction of towns and villages ⓘ
famine and starvation ⓘ
forced labor deportations ⓘ
large-scale partisan warfare ⓘ
mass civilian casualties ⓘ
hasPart Army Group Rear Areas ⓘ
Reichskommissariat Ostland ⓘ
Reichskommissariat Ukraine ⓘ
military administration in occupied Soviet territories ⓘ
location Baltic states ⓘ
Belarus ⓘ
Bryansk region ⓘ
linked to: Bryansk Oblast

Crimea ⓘ
Estonia ⓘ
Kuban ⓘ
linked to: Kuban River

Latvia ⓘ
Leningrad region (partly) ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ
Moldova ⓘ
Novgorod region (partly) ⓘ
linked to: Novgorod Oblast

Russia ⓘ
Smolensk region ⓘ
linked to: Smolensk Oblast

Ukraine ⓘ
notableEvent destruction of villages such as Khatyn ⓘ
massacres of Jews by Einsatzgruppen ⓘ
siege-related occupation zones around Leningrad ⓘ
objective exploitation of resources ⓘ
seizure of Lebensraum in the East ⓘ
opposedBy Red Army ⓘ
Soviet partisans ⓘ
underground resistance movements ⓘ
participant Einsatzgruppen ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
SS ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
Soviet partisans ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
local collaborationist forces ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
German-Soviet War ⓘ
linked to: Soviet-German Front
perpetrator Einsatzgruppen ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
SS units ⓘ
Wehrmacht units ⓘ
linked to: Wehrmacht
startTime 1941-06-22 ⓘ
victim Jews in the Soviet Union ⓘ
Roma in the Soviet Union ⓘ
Soviet civilians ⓘ
Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ
communist officials ⓘ
partisan supporters ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Caucasus offensive operations → geopoliticalContext → German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Donbass defensive operations (1941) → historicalPeriod → World War II in Ukraine ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
Alfred Rosenberg → participantIn → Nazi occupation of Eastern Europe ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
Herbert Backe → participantIn → Nazi occupation of Eastern Europe ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
Order Police battalions → operatedIn → German-occupied Soviet Union ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
Reichskommissariat Ostland → partOf → German-occupied Soviet Union ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
RMfdbO → associatedWith → German occupation of Belarus ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
RMfdbO → associatedWith → German occupation of Russia ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
Georg Leibbrandt → participantIn → Nazi occupation of Eastern Europe ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
Dmitry Medvedev → areaOfOperations → German-occupied Soviet territories ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
Police Battalion 45 → operatedIn → German-occupied Soviet Union ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
Latvian auxiliary police → activeDuring → German occupation of Latvia ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
Occupied Enemy Territory East → establishedAsResultOf → German occupation of Russian Empire territories ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
Crimean Peninsula returned to Soviet control → follows → German occupation of Crimea ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
Axis advance into Bessarabia and northern Black Sea region → result → Axis occupation of Bessarabia ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
Aktion 1005 → location → German-occupied Soviet Union ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
Holocaust in Motal → location → German-occupied Soviet Union ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
Generalbezirk Weißruthenien → partOf → German occupation of the Soviet Union ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
Eastern Front of World War II (rear area) → location → German-occupied Soviet Union ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
Holocaust in Volhynia → timePeriod → German occupation of Eastern Europe ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union
Nazi-occupied Belarus → partOf → German-occupied Soviet Union ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of parts of the Soviet Union